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INDIA RUBBER BOOT.

No. 358,236. Patented Feb. 22, 1887;

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GEORGE WATKINSON, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE L. CANDEE & 00.,

OF SAME PLACE.

INDIA-RUBBER BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,236, dated February 22, 1887.

Application filed December 1, 1886. Serial No. 220,348. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WATKINSON, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in India-Rubber Boots; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective view of the boot complete; Fig. 2, the counter as cut preparatory to applying to the boot.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of indie-rubber boots, more particularly to the heavier class of boots, yet applicable to indiarubber boots generally.

In the construction of india-rubber boots the foot portion is made of several thicknesses, while the leg portion may be but one-that is, the foot portion is composed of several thicknesses in addition to the thicknesses from. which the leg is formed. The vamp extends up on the front of the leg, usually in the form of a tongue springing from the front edge of the counter, so that the reduction in thickness on the leg is made at a point above the junction of the leg and instep. At the rear the counter is-extended up onto the leg in similar manner as the vamp, to give stiffness at the junction ofthe leg with the heel, the extension of the counter springing from the rear edge of the vamp. This leaves the portion of the leg upon the ankle unstayed, and from this fact it not infrequently occurs that wrinkles form in the leg at the anklenot only a discomfort to the wearer, but soon causing the rubber to break at that point, andtherefore destroyingthe Water-proof capacity at avital part of the boot.

The object of my invention is to provide side stays for the leg of the boot in the form of a tongue, as more fully hereinafter described.

The counter is cut as seen in Fig. 2, a representing the front edge on one side and bthe front edge at the opposite side, the point (1 representing the usual termination or'height of the counter. At the upper edge, in the center, the counter is cut with an extension, A, to form the tongue which is to lap onto the 5c rear of the boot-leg, as seen in Fig. l, and in the usual manner. I

From the top of the counter and at the forward edge an upward extension, B, is cut at each side of the center in the form of a tongue, 5 which may be in any ornamental shape. The counter thus cut is applied to the boot, one of the tongues B extending up on each side of the leg and above the ankle, as indicated in Fig. 1. This gives an .increased thickness at the ankle Without materially increasing the weight of the boot,and which thickness stays the side of the leg at the ankle, so as to prevent the wrinkles which ordinarily occur at that point. i

In some cases additional thicknesses are applied to both vamp and counter. In this case the counter is constructed with extensions corresponding to the tongues B, and so as to lap thereon, as indicated in Fig. 1, thereby 7o increasing the support at the sides. Asingle thickness, however, answers a good purpose and embodies the invention.

I claim An india-rubber boot having the counter constructed with an extension, A, from its center up on the leg, and with an extension,

B, therefrom at the forward edges of the counter upon each side of the leg on the ankle line, substantially as described.

GEORGE WATKINSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, FRED G. EAELE. 

